Ph. D in History, UCLA
M.A. in History, University of Cincinnati
Atlantic History, Early Modern Britain & Europe, Popular Culture & Literature
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I teach courses in Atlantic history, Western Civilization, and the history of early modern Europe. I am particularly interested in colonialism, travel literature, and folk culture. One of my current projects focuses on the way in which seventeenth-century English travelers depicted other peoples they encountered in their travels through Europe, from Ireland to Turkey. Many of these travelers published accounts of their travels - travel literature was one of the most popular literary genres of the early modern period. One of the central aspects of this literature was the articulation of national identity, by representing differences between the English and other societies. My work addresses the way in which the travel works themselves helped to construct a sense of national identity for the English. I am also currently engaged in research on Irish indentured servants in Barbados and syncretism in Atlantic witchcraft beliefs. -A.S.